This lecture will focus on how agriculture and animals interact with the local environment and public health. Dr. Pearson is a professor and veterinarian from University of Illinois-Champaign, where she teaches public health courses and oversees the veterinarian care of the UIC farms. You don't have to register for this event, all ages are welcome. 

The Byron Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners' regular monthly meeting is open to the public.

This winter hike will be a little more adventurous! We’ll be hiking the eastern part of this preserve along the border with Winnebago County and the Funderburg Preserve, and in a loop that takes us along Hall Creek for a distance. Expect hilly and potentially uneven terrain along a 2-3 mile hike, but it’s well […]

Discuss local weather change in the northern Illinois region with WIFR’s own meteorologist.  Aaron started broadcasting at WIFR-TV while enrolled in his senior year at Rockford College.  He graduated with a degree in Education and has a current teacher’s certificate for the State of Illinois.  Aaron is also a graduate of Jefferson High School and […]

We’ll learn about some winter constellations and how you can use them to find north. We’ll be inside the Jarrett Center to start, then we’ll walk the paved (possibly snowy) 1/8 mile Roundabout Trail for about 20-30 minutes, then head to the Observatory for hot cocoa. You may also stay and look through the telescope […]

Bring your family out for a yummy breakfast and learn about how we make our maple syrup! The evaporator will be running, and staff will be there for free tours and to answer questions. Explore the pioneer farm and learn about early farms in Illinois, how settlers learned to make sap from the Native Americans, […]

The Byron Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners' regular monthly meeting is open to the public.

We’ll take what we experimented with and learned last month and apply it to nature. Tree branches, insect exoskeletons, and shells can all teach us about how things move and work. We’ll explore the engineering of living things with lots of hands on activities. Ages : 6-13 Years Old  Fee : $10 per child due […]

We’ll take what we experimented with and learned last month and apply it to nature. Tree branches, insect exoskeletons, and shells can all teach us about how things move and work. We’ll explore the engineering of living things with lots of hands on activities. Ages : 6-13 Years Old  Fee : $10 per child due […]